Satan

Ultimately from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “Satan”). Named by ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs, who had a predilection for using references to Hell in the naming of cave fish. Compare Ophisternon infernale, another cave fish named by Hubbs.^[1]

Satan m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ictaluridae – widemouth blindcat.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Ostariophysi – superorder; Siluriformes – order; Ictaluridae – family

• (genus): Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) – sole known species

• Widemouth blindcat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Satan on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ictaluridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Satan at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Satan at World Register of Marine Species
• Satan at Fishbase

• satan (especially the common noun sense)
• Satanas, Sathanas
• Sathan (obsolete)

From Middle English Sathan, Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”). Doublet of shaitan.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.tən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.tn̩/, [ˈseɪ.ʔn̩]

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• Rhymes: -eɪtən
• Homophone: seitan

Satan

1. (religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (in Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

   Many Satanists reject the notion that Satan is bad.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Zechariah 3:1–2:

     1 And he shewed me Ioshua the high Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
     2 And the Lord said vnto Satan; The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, euen the Lord that hath chosen Ierusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire?

   • 1945, Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason:

     Would you two please draw in a little closer?
     No — no, that’s not a smile there. That’s a grin.
     Satan, what ails you? Where’s the famous tongue,
     Thou onetime Prince of Conversationists?

   • 1997, Martin Schuldiner, “Puritan Casuistry”, in Martin Schuldiner, editor, The Tayloring Shop: Essays on the Poetry of Edward Taylor in Honor of Thomas M. and Virginia L. Davis, page 125:

     Having been captured by the forces of Christ, the souls are now attacked for the first time by their former captain in “Satans Rage at them in their Conversion.″ Satan′s basic line of attack is to accuse the souls of being unreliable converts. Just as the souls turned from Satan to Christ, so too they will turn back again when it suits them, says Satan.

   • 1998, Wendy Griswold, “8: The Devil, social change, and Jacobean theatre”, in Philip Smith, editor, The New American Cultural Sociology, page 127:

     The conventional role of Satan in English mystery plays was the Trickster archetype adapted for a theatre that was both popular and religious but constrained by traditional Christian theology.
     The Satan of the mystery plays was a Trickster, but a dignified one.

   • 2005, John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You, page 2:

     Biblical scholars tell us that the idea of a purely evil being like the Devil or Satan was a late development in the Bible. In the book of Job, Satan was the heavenly district attorney whose job it was to test the faith of those who, like Job, were specially blessed.
     During the Persian conquest of the Israelites, the Satan of Job became fused with the Zoroastrian dualistic theology adopted by the Persians, where two opposing forces, one of good, Ahura Mazda, the Supreme Creator deity, was in a constant battle with Ahriman, the absolute god of evil. This polarized dualism was present in the theology of the Essenes and took hold in Christianity where God and his Son Jesus were in constant battle with the highest fallen angel, Satan, for human souls. This dualism persists today only in fundamentalist religions (Muslim terrorists, the Taliban, the extreme Christian Right and a major part of evangelical Christianity).

   • 2005, William Tenny-Brittian, “The Joy of Journaling”, in Prayer for People Who Can't Sit Still‎^[1], Chalice Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:

     Conversational journaling isn't for everyone, but it can be both exciting and rewarding. The key is to listen to the three voices in your head and be sure you can identify which one is yours, which one is God's, and which one is evil, Satan, the dark side, or whatever you call those forces that would deceive your spirit and soul.

2. (countable) A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable, or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal.
   • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah):

     'Cause I finished with him, so I just felt kind of relieved and empowered afterwards, you know? He was tryin' to dilute my squash, and I was like, "Not today, Satan."

• Satanism, Satanist, LaVeyan Satanist, Luciferian

Satan (plural Satans)

1. (countable) A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.
   • 1992, Clinton E. Arnold, Powers of Darkness: Principalities & Powers in Paul′s Letters, page 67:

     This literature refers to a major figurehead of evil called “Satan,” the leader of a group of angels also referred to as “Satans.” These Satans accuse people and lead them astray.

   • 2007, Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator), M. A. H. Eliyasee (Roman script transliteration), Osman Taha (Arabic script), The Qur′an, II, 102,^{[in other editions, 96]} page 15,

     They followed what the Satans recited over Solomon′s Kingdom. Solomon did not disbelieve but Satans disbelieved, teaching men magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Hārūt and Mārūt.

2. Anything that causes destruction or is viewed as evil.
   • 1898, Henry Wallace, Clover Farming, Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace Publishing Company, page 136:

     The most of these, such as various kinds of grasshoppers, leaf hoppers, butterflies, etc., are not peculiar to the clovers, while others do but little damage and need not be mentioned here. In a contest with any of them, the farmer is to a great extent powerless on account of their wide distribution and incredible capacity of increase in a very short period of time, and must rely, in his controversy with these satans, on improved methods of rotation, and on their natural enemies, the parasites, which by a wise and merciful dispensation of the Giver of all good, in due time, always hold them in check and prevent the total destruction of the crop.

   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21:

     Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them.

• Abaddon
• Al-Shaytaan
• Apollyon
• cosmocrat
• Kroni
• Lucifer

• Smith′s Bible Dictionary - Satan
• Easton′s Bible Dictionary - Satan

• Santa, antas, asant, naats, taans, tanas

Ultimately from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).

• IPA^(key): /s̺atan/ [s̺a.t̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -atan, -an
• Hyphenation: Sa‧tan

Satan anim

1. Satan, the Devil

• “Satan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “Satan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈsatan]

Satan m anim

1. Satan (supreme evil spirit)

   Synonyms: Lucifer, Belzebub

• “Satan”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Satan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /sa.tɑ̃/

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Satan m

1. Satan

• satanisme
• sataniste
• suppôt de Satan

• Satanas

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːtan/

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Satan m (strong, genitive Satans, plural Satane)

1. (singular only, religion) Satan, the Devil
   • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten‎^[2] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:

     „Schwöre mir,“ sprach Satan, „daß du und deine ganze Nachkommenschaft mir gehören sollen!“

     “Swear to me,” spoke Satan, “that you and your entire progeny shall belong to me!”

2. a satan, a devil

• Teufel

• “Satan” in Duden online
• “Satan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.tan]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.t̪an]

Satan m (indeclinable)

1. Satan, the Devil

• Satanās

• Satan in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Satan

1. alternative form of Sathan

From Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”).

Satan n

1. , the Devil
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:13-14

     And hē on wēstene wæs fēowertiġ dagas and fēowertiġ nihta, and hē wæs frām Satane ġecostnod; and hē mid wilddēorum wæs; and him englas þenodon.

     And he was in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan; and he was with wild animals, and was served by angels.

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• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Satan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Satan c (genitive Satans)

1. the devil

Traditionally not capitalized. See satan.

• satanisk
• satanism
• satanist
• satanistisk
• satanskult

• On capitalization, from TT

• anats, ansat, antas